#49A4CF#49A4CF

#49A4CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.107 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A4CF
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 207)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 20.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, -13.84, -29.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 32.98, 245.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0659 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.107 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2812, 32.4695, 63.8489)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A4CF #CF7449

analogous

#49CFB7 #49A4CF #4961CF

triadic

#49A4CF #CF49A4 #A4CF49

tetradic

#49A4CF #B749CF #CF7449 #61CF49

square

#49A4CF #B749CF #CF7449 #61CF49

split-complementary

#49A4CF #CF4961 #CFB749

monochromatic

#215F7D #2E84AD #49A4CF #79BCDC #AAD4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#49A4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#49A4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4CF

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A4CF	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.107 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdd',
    500: '#49a4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a4cf;
$custom-light: #89bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.254,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68139,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A4CF

secondary

#D6B09E

accent

#7846E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A4CF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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